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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1914
Page
6
The Empire Council adopted strict new clauses regulating alcohol sales. Spirits will be banned in towns from 11 PM to 5 AM and in country districts after 5 PM. Public venues including government offices theatres concert halls and moving picture shows will禁止 liquor sales. Count Serge Witte urged reduction of spirit consumption.
Fire Commissioner Cole disbands the marine district of the Boston fire department to save $300 yearly by eliminating a district chief position. No replacement has occurred since Chief Robert E. Ritchie’s death over a year ago. The three fireboats will report to land district chiefs.
President Wilson's push to repeal the toll exemption for American coastwise ships under the Panama canal act sparks expected debate in Congress. House committee leadership may introduce the repeal bill next week, with Adamson likely guiding action.
Democratic leaders await House action on the repeal while a broad arbitration treaty with Great Britain triggers executive session debate. California Representative Knowland warns of a fierce fight over repeal as it tests U S friendship with Britain and Mexico policy. Senator O Gorman plans to oppose toll repeal until House clears the issue.
The Mayor of Weymouth England invites Weymouth Mass Board of Selectmen to send a representative to the June dedicatory exercises for a monument to Governor Endicott the first Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony who sailed from Weymouth England to America The Weymouth Board of Trade will place the invitation on the town warrant for voter approval at the March town meeting and the town is expected to accept.
Fen Preida Burghardt an 18 year old with parents once charged with cruelty sails to Langen Bielau Germany to live with her grandparents. Neighbors give her a warm farewell as passage is provided by the grandparents.
Alice Stone Blackwell of Dorchester cites Lincoln as early public advocate for women’s voting rights. She notes a 1836 Sangamon County Journal letter where Lincoln supported suffrage for citizens with qualifications and not excluding females.
Pastor Russell appears at the Boston Theatre on Sunday February 8 with morning afternoon and evening showings and two open exhibitions of the Photo-Drama of Creation. He lectures to the general public at 10 30 a m on Satin's Greatest Lie with free seats and no collection.
The State Federation of Women’s Clubs at its mid winter meeting with the Dorchester organization in the Second Congregational Church unanimously endorsed support for women police. The group also backed proposals to extend Boston Juvenile Court jurisdiction, punish food law violations, create a Massachusetts forestry commission, and ensure cleaner milk for WSUS.
The event featured W. Cameron Forbes opposing repeal of child labor laws and urging continued US paternalism in the Philippines. Norman Hapgood discussed literature's social significance and Renaissance in art. He clashed with Taft on vice plays and supported Eliot's profit-sharing view. Mrs. Merritt presided with Mrs. Perkins nearby.
Wireless dispatch from the United Fruit steamer Metapan reports 38 crewmen from Frederick W. Vanderbilt’s yacht Warrior aboard the ship. The Metapan will return the soldiers to the United States as Warrior lies aground near Marta with good chances of salvage.
A dress rehearsal is set at the Shubert Theatre for the Children’s Players to stage The Merry Fiddler on Feb 15 14 under the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union. Grown ups from local society and college clubs play child roles to boost buoyancy. Peter Rabbit appears as mascot between acts.
Newport R J reports Charles B Whitman district attorney of New York is to join the summer colony by purchasing five acres on Ocean Avenue. The estate includes a stone house resembling an English castle and is undergoing remodeling.
A partial list of claims against the Henry Siegel Company of Boston shows debts over 1 078 869 58. Schedules filed in bankruptcy in United States District Court by J E Pridday assistant treasurer note further claims of unspecified amounts. Siegel and Vogel are among the personal claims disclaimed by the company.
Court heard that William A. Marble and John B. Sheppard Jr. list assets around 900000, including 600000 in Boston store merchandise. Over 2500 creditors exist, with only two secured: First National Bank of Boston 200000 and International Trust Company 87500. Most claims are unsecured and regional, led by Boston newspapers and various firms, while Siegel Stores and associated claims await final tally.
The government finished presenting its evidence in the suit to dissolve United Shoe Machinery Company as an unlawful monopoly under the Sherman act. The defense will rest on Tuesday and the trial will resume in May for final argument. Further patent testimony will be heard by a special examiner starting February 24, with plans to present it so it does not delay the main trial.
The government closed its case arguing the 6 million Plant property purchase was to stifle competition. It challenged Plant patent values and linked a key device to a Fairhaven shoe factory, while noting lack of US competition in shoe machinery. Witnesses testified about offers to sell and rival interest.
Weymouth Board of Trade voted to send a special committee to the legislative committee on metropolitan affairs to protest a bill moving Brookline from Norfolk to Suffolk county. The district’s Rep and Senator, along with Board of Trade members, will testify. Brookline pays 40 percent of Norfolk’s expenses. its tax is 98525 dollars. The annexation hearing is next Monday at 10:30 AM at the State House.
Joseph Goodhue aged 17 of 7 Chesterfield Street Roxbury lost balance while beating rugs on a rear fire escape at 17 Harcourt Street Back Bay last night. He fell about 25 feet, was found unconscious, and taken to City Hospital with a fractured collarbone and possible internal injuries.
The schooner Helen H Benedict from Perth Amboy to Fernandina with a nine man crew was driven ashore near Nagshead in a gale. Life savers rescued all aboard using a breeches buoy.
The Watch and Ward Society crusade against hypnotic drug sales led to the first case in Police Court. Frank J. McGarry and his brother Ernest, of 437A Columbus Avenue, South End, pleaded not guilty to heroin sales on January 2, 5 and 6. Attny John A. McDonald appears for the defendants.
Joseph Edward Johnson 21 testified about meeting Samuel Donovan at Shawmut avenue and Dover street on January 2 and buying heroin at McGarry's drug store. He said Donovan delivered the pills to J Frank Chase of the Watch and Ward Society and that Murray and Donovan were later jailed. The cross examination revealed Johnson’s prior role in prosecuting Donovan and Murray.
Marshall Glazier holder of the Post cane in Framingham is 92 years old today and will celebrate next Sunday with a reception hosted by his children grandchildren and great grandchildren. He works in the coal and lumber business and spends time directing stable affairs. He advises living long by farming and not drinking to excess.
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